To the Editor: Governor Gina Raimondo has introduced a budget for FY 2018 that claims to promote business growth and help the lowest earning Rhode Islanders by increasing the minimum wage. Those are laudable goals, but in reality if her budget is
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To the Editor: Speaker Mattiello and your NRA colleagues did you hear the warning shots from California - another senseless and tragic domestic violence massacre. Two adults and a child are dead and a child is in serious condition because an offender had
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To the Editor: The Rhode Island State Association of Fire Fighters (RISAFF) would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the brave men and women of Rhode Island's fire service, in recognition of International Fire Fighters' Day that was observed
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To the Editor: The Rocky Point license plate designs desperately need a do-over. Congratulations to the kids involved, but this bland design has very little to do with the Park of Fondest Memories. The designs reflect the problem that the arch is the
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To the Editor: The Beacon continues to parade the fear about impending sea rise, now as much as 9.8 feet by the end of the century. Three years ago the Beacon went on record to proclaim that the sea would rise by three feet by end of century, now they
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To the Editor: A few weeks ago, I wrote a letter to the mayor in response to his appearance on The Rhode Show." My initial letter to Mayor Avedisian was to express surprise that he felt that Dr. Thornton had no culpability in the current situation"
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To the Editor: This past weekend was Earth Day where good neighbors took two to three hours cleaning up the litter from the streets, parks and communities. Very few people support these efforts anymore and rely on others to do the work; some feel picking
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